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1998
December 27 Dr. William A. Ritter A Heavenly Showdown in a Homely Town
December 24
Christmas Eve
Dr. William A. Ritter Were You Born in a Barn?
December 20 Dr. William A. Ritter Somewhere Between Great Lakes Crossing and the Plains of Bethlehem
December 13 Dr. William A. Ritter The Near Edge of God
December 6 Dr. William A. Ritter Forewarned is Forearmed
November 29 Rev. Matthew J. Hook I Wither As I Wander
November 22 Dr. William A. Ritter Going Through Home
November 15 Dr. William A. Ritter True Grits
November 8 Dr. William A. Ritter If I Had A Hammer
November 1 Dr. William A. Ritter The Sermon on the Mount and the Three Little Pigs
October 25 Rev. Linda Farmer-Lewis Kingdom's Treasures and "Where's Your Mustard Seed?"
October 18 Dr. William A. Ritter The Bigger They Are...
October 11 Dr. William A. Ritter On Playing in the Fairway
October 4 Dr. Richard C. Cheatham Reflections In The Cup
(Text not available)
September 27 Dr. William A. Ritter It Doesn't Have To End This Way
September 20 Dr. William A. Ritter And You Think You've Got Marital Problems
September 13 Dr. William A. Ritter Catching the Wave
September 6 Dr. Carl Price A Mixed Field And A Hopeful Sower
August 30 Dr. William A. Ritter Who Wants to Work?
August 23 Dr. William A. Ritter Honey In the Lion
August 16 Dr. William A. Ritter Rescue the Perishing
or Why Would Anyone Preach a Good Friday Sermon In the Middle of August?
August 9 Dr. William A. Ritter Heaven in a Cornfield
August 2 Rev. Linda Farmer-Lewis Even This Perishing Rag ... or
When I'm Sixty Four
July 26 Dr. William A. Ritter A Not-So-Simple Story of Demons and Pigs
July 19 Dr. William A. Ritter Teaching a Stone to Talk
July 12 Dr. William A. Ritter Speaking as One Who Is Scared to Death of Heights
July 5 Rev. Matthew J. Hook When the "Tired, Poor, Huddled Mass Yearning to Breathe Free" Is You
June 28 Rev. Linda Farmer-Lewis Looking for a Hard-Headed Faith
June 21 Rev. Melody Hurley Johnson Seeing With Eyes of the Heart
June 14
8:15 and 9:30 a.m.
Dr. William A. Ritter On Singing a Baccalaureate Song
June 14
11:00 a.m.
Dr. William A. Ritter On Dancing a Confirmation Dance
June 7 Dr. William A. Ritter Trickle Charge
May 31 Dr. William A. Ritter Smell the Roses ... Save the Roses
May 24 Rev. Melody P. Hurley A Cadillac, a Semi ... and a Bag Lady
May 17 Dr. William A. Ritter Narrow Gates and Sweet Spots
May 10 Dr. William A. Ritter Christ and the Cornucopia Generation
May 3 Rev. Matthew J. Hook Rebellion and Religion
April 26 Dr. William A. Ritter Life Is Not a Roll Top Desk
April 19 Dr. Carl Price Necessary Journeys
April 12
Easter Sunday
Dr. William A. Ritter Beyond Futility
April 9
Maundy Thursday
Dr. William A. Ritter Table Manners
April 5
Palm Sunday
Dr. William A. Ritter He's Not At All Like I Expected
March 29 Dr. William A. Ritter A Sermon For Those Whose Buckets Leak
March 22 Dr. William A. Ritter On Transforming Sows' Ears Into Silk Purses
March 15 Dr. William A. Ritter On Cleaning Your Room
March 8 Dr. Eugene Lowry The Devil You Say
(Text not available)
March 1 Rev. Melody P. Hurley A Thousand Paper Cranes
February 22 Dr. William A. Ritter A Wintry Spirituality
February 15 Dr. William A. Ritter What Ever Happened to Moonlight and Roses?
February 8 Dr. William A. Ritter When It's a Crime To Be Christian
February 1 Dr. William A. Ritter A Certain Style: The Spirit and Ethos of United Methodism, Part II
January 25 Rev. Melody P. Hurley How Far is Tonjibe?
January 18 Dr. William A. Ritter A Certain Style: The Spirit and Ethos of United Methodism
January 11 Dr. William A. Ritter Healing the Business-Clergy Rift
January 4 Rev. Matthew J. Hook Who Do You Say That I Am?



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